Mathematics for Philosophers

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	"A readable history of the development of set theory"

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	"A collection of the most compelling essays in the philosophy of mathematics"

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	"Cantor's only book in translation in English. Excellent introduction."

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	"From Alain Badiou's early years"

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	"On Godel's incompleteness theorems, an accessible and sophisticated guide."

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	"This will be steep going for non-mathematicians, but is nonetheless an essential source text. It has a good introduction."

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	"On the axiom of choice"

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	"Paul Cohen's forcing theorem. If you are a non-mathematician and can follow this, you know you have made it to the final level."

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	"Lawvere's book is an excellent beginners intorduction to categories. Perfect for the non-mathematician to understand the concepts, syntax and even attain some basic proficiency in practice."

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	"Husserl was purportedly under the influence of Cantor when he wrote this."

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	"Whatever you think of Russell's position an absolute classic."

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	"Badiou's monumental text uses axiomatic set theory to think ontological multiplicity and inconsistency."

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	"A classic text from a contemporary branch of mathematics."

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	"Introduction to knot theory - a cutting edge branch of mathematics."

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	"Important essays on number theory."